Violence

The suffering that followed the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was too familiar to Monsignor Arturo J. Bañuelas, the pastor of St. Mark Catholic Church in El Paso, Texas. The community on the Mexico/U.S. border has endured the intimidation...

The following essay was written by Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 23 people and injured 23 others. When I was seven...

For Dean David Hempton and his wife, Louanne, the short film Remains by Northern Ireland artist Willie Doherty spoke to a reality they are all too familiar with. Part of the Harvard Art Museums exhibit Crossing Lines, Constructing Homes, the film gives...

Hate crimes committed on the basis of religious identity have surged 23 percent, the biggest annual increase since 9/11. And while many have placed blame at the foot of political leaders and specifically President Trump for emboldening anti-Semites and...

Anne Marie Hunter, MDiv '86, director of Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on October 12, 2018. ♦♦♦ This morning’s reading features...

Instead of being an excuse for inaction, thoughts and prayers can turn us toward acts of love, writes Professor Stephanie Paulsell.

Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, speaks out at Morning Prayers and calls for stricter gun regulations in the wake of the mass shootings in Las Vegas, Orlando, Charleston, Newtown and...

A discussion by leaders in the Boston area driving inspiring community-based initiatives to address the effects and sources of gun violence. Speakers Chaplain Clementina Chéry, founder, president, and CEO, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute; Stanley Pollack...

The panel "Violence and Justice: The Missing Piece in Our Anti-Poverty Agenda," was part of HDS's bicentennial celebration. The panel was moderated by Jeffrey D. Sachs, world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN...

HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West and Center for the Study of World Religions Visiting Scholar Sasha Dehghani delivered a talk, "Religion and Nonviolence: Past and Present." The discussion took place during the HDS...